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| Author: Robert Boice
Publisher: New Forums Pr
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
Buy New: $14.93
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 29387
Media: Paperback
Pages: 190
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 091350713X
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.02
EAN: 9780913507131
Publication Date: February 1990
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Guaranteed to Break Your Writer's Block! October 6, 2005
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
If you are writing a dissertation, thesis, or engaged in other regular academic (or other writing) writing this book is a must read. Boice's sage advice is based on years of experience with and (yes, empirical evidence) research on helping academicians produce necessary writing -- regularly. He includes self-assessment questionnaire on writer's block that enables you to target your areas of strength and weakness so you can focus on exactly the areas that hinder your progress. The book is short (180 pp including excellent anotated bibliography). He answers the agonizing questions about why you don't write when you want to and desperately need to write. He discusses, in clear, concise detail, the phenomenology of writing problems, while providing both short- and long-term strategies for ensuring writing productivity that are actually do-able. His writing style is easy, conversational and reassuring. He takes you through his actual consultation process, session by session (a rare insight and a true bargin). Simply stated, the book is just great.
The Next Best Thing To A Personal Writing Coach April 14, 2005
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
After my third client remarked, "the Boice book is what got me through my dissertation," I knew I had to read Professors As Writers. As an academic coach, I work with professors by telephone to accelerate their rate of writing and publishing. In this guide, Boise gives detailed suggestions on how to manage the primary challenge faced by my clients - a lack of external structure to support regular writing. He also addresses the crucial (but often overlooked) issue of how to build social support for academic writing and publishing. Academics who have wished their appointments came with a set of clear instructions on how to write easily and productively will appreciate what Boise offers in this book.
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